Indian Test captain Shubman Gill set a historic record on England’s soil on 13 July. He dismissed the 23 -year -old record of former Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid. Gill has become the highest run -scorer for India in a Test series on England soil. In the second innings of the Lord’s Test, Gill has made this big place with 2 runs.
At the same time, in the Test series being played against Shubman Gill, a total of 603 runs have been scored in 6 innings of 3 matches so far. In fact, in 2002, Rahul Dravid scored 602 runs in the 4 -match series against England. Dravid was the highest run -scorer in the Test series for India in England, but now Shubman Gill has beaten him by scoring 603 runs in 6 innings of just three matches.
Gill was able to score only 16 runs in the first innings of the Lord’s Test, but in the second innings, he broke Dravid’s 23 -year -old record with two runs off the last ball of the 13th over.
At the same time, Sunil Gavaskar holds the record of scoring the most runs as captain in the Test series for India, who scored 732 runs in 6 Tests against West Indies in 1978-79. Gill now has a great opportunity to break the records of both Kohli and Gavaskar.
King Kohli scored 655 runs in 5 matches against England in 2016 as captain. In the year 2017, he scored 610 runs in 3 matches against Sri Lanka.